For many customers and service providers, long-term retention of backups is a costly and time-consuming process. Using the AWS (Amazon Web Services) gateway to act as a VTL (Virtual Tape Library) with Veeam®, however, allows users to save time and money by connecting their on-premises Veeam Backup & Replication™ archives to AWS, and then sending archival backups from Veeam Backup & Replication to AWS.

This guide highlights the features, setup and best practices for using Veeam with AWS Storage Gateway in VTL mode, including:

Planning and proper sizing of an AWS VTL gateway

Connecting AWS gateway appliances to Veeam

Configuring and ensuring optimal performance for AWS VTL Gateway

For many customers and service providers, long-term retention of backups is a costly and time-consuming process. Using the AWS (Amazon Web Services) gateway to act as a VTL (Virtual Tape Library) with Veeam®, however, allows users to save time and money by connecting their on-premises Veeam Backup & Replication™ archives to AWS, and then sending archival backups from Veeam Backup & Replication to AWS.

This guide highlights the features, setup and best practices for using Veeam with AWS Storage Gateway in VTL mode, including: